well, I live in Canada and had this site recommended to me, that is why I started off with Silent Hunter over here. And once you here - really can't get away from this website!
In regards to the topic - I'm pretty sure eventually there will be a full megamod. About computer specs difference - not sure: modders here generally can only test on their own computers, so...
But right now is too early for SH5, no matter how much we might think it would be awesome. Too many things are changing, too many things are still being discovered.